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MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND
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VOLUME 12 No. 17
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND
MARCH 23, 1962
Small Majority Makes Last
By—Election Not Irregular
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—PHOTO BY JOHN PIPPY
Derek Prince, missionary from Kisumu, Kenya, was guest speaker at several meetings at Memorial. Here he addresses a joint meeting of TOC
ALPHA and IUCF. He also drew a large crowd at a joint Arts and
Science Seminar and IRC meeting.
Prince Tetts of Kenyan
Politics and Education
If you were living in Kenya today the Africans would probably have already bargained for your
belongings, including your wife, and would expect to inherit them as soon as they become an independent nation.
Startling facts like these came out
when Derek Prince, principal of the
Pentecostal Teacher's Training College, Kisumu, Kenya, spoke at the
weekly Arts and Science seminar
March 17.
"Progress had been breathtaking.
The people have gone from the stone
age to the jet age and I respect the
Africans for the demands they've had
to face. It's hard for you to understand how the people used to be.
When the first whites arrived there
was not even a wheel in use."
Mr. Prince, a graduate of Eton
College and Fellow of King's College,
Cambridge said he did not think there
was any force strong enough to hold
against independence, and it was certain that independence fior Kenya
would not long be delayed. He felt
the British government wanted to
grant it but would suffer loss of prestige if a replica of the Congo crisis
was started by an ill-prepared populace. He said that internal strife existed between political leaders and white
farmers.
"The people are responsive to those
that are there to do them good," he
said, "but feel the farmers have taken
their land. Small political groups are
afraid of another Ghana."
Mr. Prince said the major problems
were economic. With agriculture the
major industry, the whites have developed the land as the Africans could
never have done.
"You can't understand the primitive nature of things," he said. "The
Africans think they will automatically
get the white man's cars and even his
wives when independence comes.
Some have already bought them in
advance for as little as a dollar."
Speaking as an educational missionary, Mr. Prince said there are three
hungers that the people have in East
Africa: an in:atiable demand for independence, even if it means governing themselves in a worse system than
an imperialist nation; an extraordinary
hunger for education; and a spiritual
hunger.
The urge for education, he said,
has to be seen to be believed. The
more progressive tribes will do almost
anything for it.
"The spiritual hunger is not so
obvious," he said. "The Africans are
not tied up with a lot of traditions.
They are leaving the old behind.
They feel the need for a practical
faith and there has been a great
turning to the gospel."
The African child is not compelled
to go to school. Many never do.
Cosits afr-e high and many people
have still not learned to live on the
cash system. They see no reason why
girls should have to go.
"But 1 know some children who
run away to school," he said. "Life
is not easy for them. The worst teachers are placed in the lower grades.
Buildings are made of mud and straw.
Desks are composed of immovable
planks. Sometimes a pupil can listen
to teachers in four different rooms simultaneously."
Mr. Prince felt all these conditions
made the student's progress slow. He
felt that education was "bedeviled" by
politics.
"If you haven't been to America
You're nobody," he said. "Students
have the idea they must get out, even
if it means getting a third rate education. A lot of harm has been done
to politics. The politicians help students get overseas to get themselves
votes. The worst part of it is that
often the inferior students are select
ed."
He told his audience Africa still
needs lots of help from whites. If
anyone from here is interested in
going for a couple of years he will see
desperate poverty, see people with the
desire to better themselves, and make
many personal friends.
"I get many letters saying 'please
come back'."
"Book work is not the end," he declared. "This would be a real education."
Mr. Prince graduated from Eton
with first class honors in philosophy.
He holds an M.A. from Cambridge and
was selected at the earliest possible age
(25) as a Fellow of King's College. He
spent some time there as a lecturer
and during the Second World War
served with the Royal Military Corps.
He 'has worked as a missionary in
Palestine, where he met his wife, and
studied at a Hebrew University in
Jerusalem. He is well acquainted with
at least eight languages.
Since 1957 he has been principal of
the Training College.
Discussion and Argument
Precede Two Secret Votes
Two secret ballots were required at the council meeting March
12 before the members voted 6-7 to defeat a motion that the report
presented by Mike Blackmore be considered absolute proof of irregularities in the last CSU by-election. The first vote was considered
void when only 12 votes were counted and 13 should have voted.
The missing ballot was found after the second vote was taken.
The Council earlier voted to accept the report of Blackmore and
his committee. Argument was long and heated during the discussion and the CSU chairman Bill Noseworthy had difficulty controlling
the members at times.
Members turned to a decision of
whether or not they could question
the report. Vern Somers, Finance
Chairman, pointed out that the committee found proof of irregularities
and their findings should be accepted. Blackmore did not like his findings questioned.
Argument continued on whether or
not the evidence was conclusive. Bob
Kelly believed because the report had
been accepted, action should be
taken, Leo Barry pointed out that although the committee might consider
the evidence conclusive, the CSU also
had agreed it was.
Feeling that the evidence was not
conclusive, the newest Council member pointed out that if the evidence
were accepted he would no longer be
a Council member. If he were removed from the Council, he would
demand an explanation. He would
want to know who fixed the election,
the Education faculty or someone
el;e. "I want to know," he said "who
was foolish enough to stuff the box for
In presenting the written report of
the committee required by the chairman at the last Council meeting
Blackmore stated that it was no reflection of Ellison Maye, CSU member elected during that election, or
the Education faculty. However, one
student was not permitted to vote as
the deputy told him he had already
voted. Names of students who had
left the university were recorded as
having voted.
Asked for the eye witnesses to these
activities and statements, Blackmore
said he could not contact people for
that.
Ellison Maye, whose election was
being disputed, pointed out that he
had had no campaign manager. He
wondered who had voted for him and
if an organized effort by the Education faculty had taken place. "Someone has to be made the scapegoat," he
stated. He was reminded that no
faculty was being implicated.
Both Maye and Rupert Short insisted that names should be presented
before the Council could proceed.
Blackmore rose at this point to urge
the members not to declare the election null and void. "It's too late in
the year and this could do a lot to
jeopardize a number of people," he
stated, "There'd be nothing gained."
He did urge the Council to prevent
this from happening again.
Rex Martin, CSU Returning Officer, who was present at the meeting
and given permission to speak, said a
person could have voted and his name
marked off the student list. If he
went a second time, he would be told
that he had already voted.
Leo Barry considered a person's
statement that he had stuffed the ballot box proof, but the returning officer stated that the stuffing had to be
proved by other means.
DAI ABOLISHES CHRISTMAS EXAMS
HALIFAX (CUP)—Dalhousie
University has decided to do away
with Christmas examinations.
Dr. Henry Hicks, dean of Arts
and Science and vice-president of
the University, said last week that
exams at Christmas would "be
abolished on a trial basis," but added that one-hour tests during the
term would be given to students.
"Professors would be expected to
submit a student's standing to the
registrar on the basis of these tests,"
he said.
Dr. Hicks explained that this
would avoid the formal setting up
of exams, and "will extend lecture
time two weeks."
Professors of freshmen classes
may decide to set more formal examinations, if they feel the need.
It is expected, however, that all
testing will be done during lecture
hours.
Dr. Hicks admitted that some
faculty members "had reservations"
when the matter was approved in
a faculty meeting. "They felt that
freshmen might experience some
difficulty when the new rule that
freshmen must pass two of the final
examinations to remain in the university is put into effect next year."
Up to now, freshmen have been
able to return to Dalhousie for their
second year without passing any of
the final examinations. The new
rule will apply to freshmen entering next fall.
Answering this, the investigation
committee head said he "wasn't sure"
which side did the stuffing. The Engineers could have done it or the Education students.
Bob Kelly urged a recount using
the ballots and the list. If there were
more ballots, the election could be declared controverted. Pat Dutton rose
to state that if this had not been done
already there was an hregularity.
The returning officer (by the constitution) is required to compare the number of ballots with the voters list.
Vern Somers felt a recount would not
rule out the possibility of stuffing. He
went on to point out that three people had felt the evidence to be conclusive and asked for a vote.
He and Pat Dutton argued whether
or not acceptance of the irregularities
meant the election was null and void.
At this point Leo Barry, one of the
committee members, stated that the
committee decision was not unanimous in believing irregularities had
occurred. Al members agreed that
evidence did point to irregularities.
Rex Martin urged the Council to
consider on the basis of the evidence
presented the question of irregularities. "Personally," he stated, "I feel
this evidence is not conclusive but I
think" the Council should give further
consideration to the matter."
After some rehashing, the motion
was voted upon.